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vandermolen

#140220
August 17, 2019, 12:20:40 AM
Quote from: Madiel on August 16, 2019, 11:21:49 PM
Well I like it, same as I like most of Petrenko's and for the same reasons. He knows how to hold these whopping great big movements together so that they sound like a structure rather than a bunch of disconnected episodes.

A few people don't like him because they feel he's not as fiery and dramatic as some conductors. But I'm in favour of reducing the shouting just a little so that I can still understand all of what you're saying...
Thank you. I've like those Petrenko recordings which I've heard. My late sister-in-law's brother lives near Liverpool and the RLPO under Petrenko is his 'local band' he thinks very highly of them.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Que

#140221
August 17, 2019, 12:24:06 AM Last Edit: August 17, 2019, 12:27:47 AM by Que
Moving on with Book II:

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Half way in, it's safe to say that this set hasn't fully met my expectations...

Q

Harry

#140223
August 17, 2019, 01:03:26 AM Last Edit: August 17, 2019, 01:21:34 AM by "Harry"
I noticed the last week that at times the site will not load, or takes ages to do so, very disconcerting I think. Maybe the Mods should alert Rob about this.

TD

Giuseppe Maria Cambini.
String Quintets No.1, 4 & 23.

Ensemble Entr'acte, on Authentic instruments.

Actually wonderful music, in such good sound. I simply love the easy approach by this ensemble. It all sounds effortlessly. Really, I would like more work recorded by Cambini.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Mandryka

#140224
August 17, 2019, 01:33:22 AM
Quote from: Que on August 17, 2019, 12:24:06 AM
Moving on with Book II:

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Half way in, it's safe to say that this set hasn't fully met my expectations...

Q

Your expectations being?
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Mandryka

#140225
August 17, 2019, 01:35:32 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on August 17, 2019, 01:03:26 AM
I noticed the last week that at times the site will not load, or takes ages to do so, very disconcerting I think. Maybe the Mods should alert Rob about this.





Yes, that's what I've experienced too.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Harry

#140226
August 17, 2019, 01:43:31 AM
New acquisition.

Anthoine Boesset.
Je Meurs sans Mourir.

La Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre.

Thes Airs de Cour are deliciously sung. The soloists are singing together in a well defined balance. No one is blurting out high notes at the cost of the other singers. It's very much an effort of all participants. But then I am a admirer of the voice of Claire Lefilliatre, a fine soprano with a very clear voice eminently suited to the music of Boesset. The instrumentation has a likewise quality, so I consider this CD a success in all quarters.
Excellent recording. I wish they would record all the Airs, Boesset has written. Wishful thinking of course.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

#140227
August 17, 2019, 01:47:54 AM Last Edit: August 17, 2019, 01:49:55 AM by Que
Quote from: Mandryka on August 17, 2019, 01:33:22 AM
Your expectations being?

High...  8)  But hélas...

Traverso

#140228
August 17, 2019, 02:23:44 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on August 17, 2019, 01:35:32 AM
Yes, that's what I've experienced too.

at this moment it goes very well

Mandryka

#140229
August 17, 2019, 02:45:33 AM
Quote from: Que on August 17, 2019, 01:47:54 AM
High...  8)  But hélas...

Yes but I'm not getting a sense of anything more than that you didn't enjoy it much, which could be as much to do with what you ate for lunch as anything in the performance!
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

vandermolen

#140230
August 17, 2019, 02:54:08 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on August 17, 2019, 01:35:32 AM
Yes, that's what I've experienced too.
+1 it seems ok for a while and then seems to get stuck while loading up. Ok for now.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Marc

#140231
August 17, 2019, 03:25:02 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on August 17, 2019, 01:35:32 AM
Yes, that's what I've experienced too.

Me, too.
Last 2 days were better though.

prémont

#140232
August 17, 2019, 03:39:04 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 17, 2019, 02:54:08 AM
+1 it seems ok for a while and then seems to get stuck while loading up. Ok for now.

Precisely.
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

Traverso

#140233
August 17, 2019, 04:37:53 AM
Stravinsky



vers la flamme

#140234
August 17, 2019, 05:09:26 AM


Luciano Berio: Sequenza VII, and now Due Pezzi for violin and piano. Heinz Holliger, Romuald Tecco & Dennis Russell Davies.

aligreto

#140235
August 17, 2019, 05:24:33 AM
Mozart: Concertone K.190 [Perlman/Zukerman/Mehta]


Traverso

#140236
August 17, 2019, 05:24:51 AM
Quote from: vers la flamme on August 17, 2019, 05:09:26 AM


Luciano Berio: Sequenza VII, and now Due Pezzi for violin and piano. Heinz Holliger, Romuald Tecco & Dennis Russell Davies.

I listened to this recording a few weeks ago,fabulous Berberian ;)

Madiel

#140238
August 17, 2019, 05:32:58 AM
Shostakovich, Suite to Words by Michelangelo Buonarroti op.145



Mostly all the bleak starkness you would expect for late Shostakovich, which renders the final song a heck of a surprise when it borders on childlike and jolly.

I do want to hear the orchestral version now, especially as Shostakovich is reported to have considered it his 16th symphony. But also because the piano version is frankly hard work on a first listen and a spot of orchestral colour might not go amiss. In fact I might listen to the orchestral version on streaming as I get ready for bed.

And now I've reached the end of the whole Delos series of the songs. Which I won't claim has been a consistently top-level listening experience, but it's always been interesting. Just like Shostakovich's other output, there are some potboilers and some gems, including some comic songs that are hilarious.
Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

Wakefield

#140239
August 17, 2019, 05:35:46 AM
Quote from: aligreto on August 17, 2019, 05:25:48 AM
A most enjoyable set.

[About Brendel]
A great pianist too. One of my favorites, indeed.  :)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)
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